Accessing Windows from Linux/Mac by name using TCP/IP
- by stevekuo
What are some solutions to access Windows by its computer name from Linux and Mac using TCP/IP. That is, from terminal I want to be able to ping my Windows PCs using its host name.
My setup is:
Various machines running Ubuntu, Windows XP and OS X.
Networked using a consumer grade wireless router which provides DHCP.
The only DNS is the ISP's, which resolves Internet names and not local host names.
The Windows machines can ping each other by name. The Ubuntu and OS X machines can only ping Windows by IP address (name doesn't work).